AUGUST PANTRY CHALLENGE

themsthebreaks

I was gifted a large marrow on Monday, so this morning I have used half in a soup, and I am roasting the other half in chunks, ready to make a marrow curry. I’ve used up the last of the onions, by making a tub of salad and a pot of fried lettuce and onion. I first made that when we were out of cabbage - we all love fried cabbage and onion - and since there was plenty of last leg lettuce to use up, and confirmation from Google I could do so, I substituted. It’s very nice, sweeter than cabbage, and the lettuce wilts like spinach, but it no longer goes to waste in this house.

cheerfulness4

Sounds lovely, themsthebreaks.

I'm going to oven roast a bag of vegetables and combine with some cooked smoked bacon into a sort of aubergine layered bake, with soft cheese in the layers and a cheesy breadcrumb topping.

I've aubergines in the garden and some crusts of homemade bread in the freezer to make into the breadcrumbs. 

I'm managing to use up lots of things in the cupboards and freezer for snacks and teas so the stocks are slowly going down.  I've used some of the spare cash to buy in cheap autumn and winter stocks from places such as FarmFoods.  I can feel the casseroles and pasta bakes coming on at the back end of next month but we might get an Indian summer and all enjoy extended lovely weather.

FarmFoods has quite  a lot of packet mixes of Maggi in the bag seasonings at 19p in my local which we rather like so they've all gone into autumn stocks now. Just need to use up the spring/summer stocks I have!

themsthebreaks

I will check out the Maggi bags @cheerfulness4, as they are handy to have in stock, although it won't help reduce the mountains of spice I already have 🤣

greent

Finished up a box of couscous today - yay! 

cornishchick

I love reading all your ideas, I get paid weekly, so what I like to do is for the last week of the month I aim to use up bits from the freezer and cupboards, saving the weeks wages for bills, Some times I do this for every other week , buyin the minimal I can, so today I only brought some eggs and will use up all those odd bits.
its easier for me, Its just me %90 of the time . 

purpleivy

Not doing very well off the original use up list I posted. The Baileys went into the fruitcake recipe I had found. I also had some cheap marzipan nearing date that was purchased recently, so I put a layer thru the middle like a simnel cake.  Yummy!   

Have canned 27 jars of free apples.